Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Two girls were killed and a woman critically injured after a wall of a slum dwelling came crashing down at Antop Hill in central Mumbai here Tuesday, officials said.
‘A woman and two girls were trapped inside the debris after a wall came crashing down in Kamrajnagar area of Antop Hill this (Tuesday) afternoon,’ a fire brigade officer said.
‘They were rushed to the Lokmanya Tilak Hospital, Sion, where eight-year-old Nandini Chinnapa Devendragirl was pronounced dead on admission,’ an official of the hospital said.
Twelve-year-old Reema, who had suffered head injuries, succumbed while getting treatment in the hospital.
‘She had suffered other injuries also, but the head injury cost her life,’ said the on-duty doctor.
Jaya Krishnathan Devendra, 33, continues to be critical and will be kept under observation for 24 hours, hospital officials said.
